Category Archives: Variety

Cate Blanchett skirted a question about a dress she wore on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet that some interpreted as a pro-Palestinian statement at a Venice Film Festival press conference on Thurs...

Canada’s Oscar entry “Universal Language,” a critically acclaimed movie directed by Matthew Rankin, has been acquired by distributors in most major territories ahead of its North Ame...

Cheng Pei-pei, the beloved Chinese actor who died last month, will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Golden Horse Film Awards in November. Cheng, considered a pioneer of martial arts...

Four years after being Oscar-nominated for "The Edge of Democracy," director Petra Costa is back prodding at the current state of Brazilian politics with the documentary "Apocalypse in the Tropics," w...

Investment in content for the theatrical film, TV and streaming markets of India and East Asia amounted to $15.5 billion in 2023, a new report shows. But spending slowed to a growth rate of just 4%, a...

Oasis has added three extra dates in the U.K. to its recently announced summer 2025 tour, citing “unprecedented demand.” The band, made up of the oft-feuding brothers Liam and Noel Gallagh...

Vojtch Strakat’s debut feature “After Party” has debuted its international trailer (below) ahead of its world premiere in the Horizons Extra section of the Venice Film Festival. Film...

Keshet International has set its slate for Mipcom, with highlights including thriller "Too Much Love," docuseries "SAS: Catching the Criminals" and rom-com "Save the Date." "Too Much Love" ("L'homme q...

When Nepali filmmaker Deepak Rauniyar and actor Asha Magrati were preparing to shoot their latest film “Pooja, Sir” in 2022, life threw them an unexpected curveball. What started as a conc...

A24 has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Queer,” the newest film from Academy Award-nominated director Luca Guadagnino. The Daniel Craig-led movie, which will be released this year, m...